Category: Healthcare News

How AI Reshaping Hospital Revenue Cycle

How Artificial Intelligence, Analytics & Automation are Reshaping Hospital Revenue Cycle

The accelerating challenge around patient needs’ calls for new technology and automation, but on a personal level. As hospitals turn to technology to overhaul the patient experience and improve profits, a range of vendors are bringing new products and outsourced services to meet that demand with artificial intelligence, data analytics and natural language processing as […]
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Psychiatric Facilities

Psychiatric Facilities Could See Payments of $75 Million In 2020

CMS has released the inpatient psychiatric facility proposed rule. Approximately $75million is projected to be paid to inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed 2020 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) released on April 19. IPF-PPS applies to inpatient services for psychiatric hospitals and distinct psychiatric units of […]
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Medicare Payment Updates

CMS Proposes FY 2020 Medicare Payment Updates For Post-Acute Care

Recently proposed rules would boost FY 2020 Medicare payment rates for several post-acute providers, including skilled nursing facilities and hospices. April showers bring May flowers. But, this year, they are also bringing a slew of new Medicare payment rate proposals, including reimbursement and quality reporting updates for several types of post-acute care providers. CMS recently […]
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Providers & Payers Share Risk

Better Quality, Lower Health Care Costs – Providers & Payers Share Risk

Denied claims are one of physicians’ chief complaints when it comes to dealing with payers. To a certain extent, every practice deals with claim denials. It’s those practices that eliminate the most common reasons that experience a smoother revenue cycle and find greater financial success. News Brief A capitation payment model results in better value […]
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